This report shows the 2009 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 101 | Business Studies | Dela Torre, Karl Nikko Cajes | 15 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 102 | Business Studies | Chehab, Mariam | 16 | East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania |
| 103 | Business Studies | Hooper, Alison Louise | 16 | Loyola Senior High School | Mount Druitt |
| 104 | Business Studies | Mui, Joey Chun Yin | 18 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 105 | Business Studies | Nguyen, Minh Ai Thi | 18 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 106 | Business Studies | Asimakopoulos, Elaine | 20 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 107 | Business Studies | Gunawardena, Asiri Abeywickramasingha | 20 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 108 | Chemistry | Lai, Jacqueline Van | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Jeganathan, Jayson | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 110 | Chemistry | Lambourne, Bronte | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 111 | Chemistry | Goddard, Alison Katrina | 4 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 112 | Chemistry | Hanamshet, Ameya | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Batabyal, Pikli | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 114 | Chemistry | Field, Byron Lindsay | 7 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 115 | Chemistry | Chen, Kelly Mian | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 116 | Chemistry | Kim, Dukyeon | 9 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 117 | Chemistry | Liu, Bonnie Mengyuan | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 118 | Chemistry | Le, Anthony Anh Khoa | 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 119 | Chemistry | McGrath, Alexandra Lauren Hardeman | 11 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 120 | Chemistry | Wang, Sarah | 13 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 121 | Chemistry | De Silva, Dinuksha | 14 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 122 | Chemistry | Subramanyam, Shiva | 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | Chen, Peter Wei Yung | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 124 | Chemistry | Perera, Nadia | 17 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 125 | Chemistry | Dave, Aneesh | 18 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 126 | Chemistry | Herron, Christopher | 19 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 127 | Chemistry | Nguyen, Minh Anh | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 128 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gu, Li | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | Bai, Yuki Tian Yun | 2 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Shao, Kun (Karen) | 3 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Lin, Fan | 4 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Meng, Yu | 5 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Li, Xue (Snow) | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Xiaojing | 7 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 135 | Chinese Background Speakers | Lin, Han | 8 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 136 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Xiao | 9 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 137 | Chinese Background Speakers | Chen, Dina Qinqin | 10 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Nguyen, Khanh Ly (Lily) | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Alfons, Alexandra | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 140 | Chinese Beginners | Soetanto, Beatrice Monica | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| 141 | Chinese Beginners | Zebua, Pundarika | 4 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 142 | Chinese Beginners | Nitithumbundit, Sittha | 5 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Zhang, Esther | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Pham, Loretta | 2 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 145 | Chinese Continuers | Harvey, Sarah | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese Continuers | Wong, Jessica Jane | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 147 | Chinese Continuers | Leung, Clara | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Meegan, Lewis Todd | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Dawson, James Michael | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 150 | Chinese Extension | Wong, Jessica Jane | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 151 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Andy Shiun Fong | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 152 | Chinese Extension | Sam-Yue, Julie | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chan, Branden | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 157 | Classical Greek Continuers | McClelland, Jessie Laura | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Chan, Branden | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 160 | Classical Greek Extension | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 161 | Classical Greek Extension | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 162 | Classical Greek Extension | Katsikaros, Christian Nicholas | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lavan, Ilan | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Robinson, Devora | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Shmilovits, Doron | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schumer, Jeffrey | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Robinson, Devora | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Sesel, Amy-Lee | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 171 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lavan, Ilan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 172 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Milecki, Brookie | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Penning, Anisse Clare | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Rogers, Elouise Elizabeth | 2 | Cumberland High School | Carlingford |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Allen, Emily | 3 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Harris, Olivia Anne | 4 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | El-Rab, Jasmine | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Shilson-Josling, Morgan Jane Rosemary | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Penales, Catherine Marie | 7 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Pavey, Laura Danielle | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 181 | Community and Family Studies | Cuthbert, Danielle | 9 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 182 | Community and Family Studies | Handley, Siobhan Alexandra | 9 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Scott, Aaron William | 1 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Brown, Samuel | 2 | Asquith Boys High School | Asquith |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Perera, Damian Shan | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Johnston, Andrew William | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Robertson, Max | 5 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Martin, Scott James | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Mellick, Nicholas | 6 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 190 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Hagarty, Michael | 1 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 191 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | McNamara, Christopher David | 2 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 192 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | An, Vincent | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 193 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Clark, Elliot Julian | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 194 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Vasan, Nikhil | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 195 | Croatian Continuers | Karavdic, Ema | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 196 | Dance | Rankin, Amelia | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 197 | Dance | Andrews, Jennifer | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 198 | Dance | Stackpole, Annabelle | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 199 | Dance | Mulley, Kirralee | 4 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 200 | Dance | Robertson, Jessica | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Jermyn, Hannah | 1 | PLC Armidale | Armidale |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Baker, Alicia | 2 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Leviton, Naomi Mary | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Jones, Alyse | 4 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Smith, Ashleigh | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Wang, Rena | 6 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Cao, Sarah Jade | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 208 | Design and Technology | Neave, Julian Barclay | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 209 | Design and Technology | Bennett, Angela | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 210 | Design and Technology | Dell, Courtney | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 211 | Drama | Jack, Stephanie Grace | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 212 | Drama | Cubis, Alexander | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 213 | Drama | Johnstone-Burt, Charlotte | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 214 | Drama | O'Brien, Thomas James | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 215 | Drama | Furnari, Sarah Marie | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 216 | Drama | Davis, Alexandra Claire | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 217 | Drama | Jackson, Elizabeth Daisy | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Drama | Costi, Michael James | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 219 | Drama | Quinn, Rebecca | 9 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 220 | Drama | Fleming, Annabel Sophie | 10 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 221 | Dutch Continuers | Weulen Kranenberg, Maurits | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Moore, Radhika Lorien | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kaplun, Simone | 2 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hanigan, Alice Clare | 3 | Narooma High School | Narooma |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Marchant, Mathew | 4 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Morris, Angus Eldon | 5 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Fletcher, Rachel | 6 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Barnes, Lani | 7 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Baxter, Miriam Felicity | 8 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 230 | Earth and Environmental Science | Pham, Michael | 8 | Fairfield High School | Fairfield |
| 231 | Earth and Environmental Science | Read, Alexander Richard | 10 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 232 | Earth and Environmental Science | Worthy, Laura | 10 | Warilla High School | Barrack Heights |
| 233 | Economics | Tayeh, Roseline | 1 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 234 | Economics | Chen, Peter Wei Yung | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 235 | Economics | Hu, Shirley-Anne | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 236 | Economics | Reynolds, Lucinda Stella | 4 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 237 | Economics | McGarvey, Todd | 5 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 238 | Economics | Berry, Anna-May | 6 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 239 | Economics | Khong, Crista Jing Li | 6 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 240 | Economics | Nelson, Matthew Timothy | 6 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 241 | Economics | Perrottet, Gabriel | 6 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 242 | Economics | Cui, Yifan | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 243 | Electrotechnology Examination | Badman, Jeremy Stuart | 1 | Western Sydney Institute Mount Druitt College | Mount Druitt |
| 244 | Electrotechnology Examination | Fairlie, Benjamin William | 2 | Hunter Institute Cessnock Campus | Cessnock |
| 245 | Electrotechnology Examination | Sampson, Christopher Bradley | 3 | Hunter Institute Muswellbrook Campus | Muswellbrook |
| 246 | Electrotechnology Examination | Geddes, Rodney William | 4 | New England Institute Tamworth Campus | Tamworth |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Herron, Christopher | 1 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Windsor, Andrew James | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Boge, Michael John | 3 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Wittig, Hayden Matthew | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Fountain, Jake Alexander | 5 | Erina High School | Erina |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Banbrook, Rhys Howard | 6 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Civitella, Christopher | 6 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | Fang, James Zhou | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 255 | Engineering Studies | Bhaskaran, Ashwin | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 256 | Engineering Studies | Elsayed, Mahdi Faisal | 10 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 257 | Engineering Studies | Pospischil, Daniel John | 10 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 258 | Engineering Studies | Singh, Davinder | 10 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Lenane, Benjamin | 1 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Courtney, Anya | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Kendal, Caitlin | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Durkin, Nicole | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Healey-Nash, Caitlin | 5 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Apolonio, Ephraim Bryant | 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Acharya, Priyanka | 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Cheung, Simone Charmaine | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Lesmana, Brian | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Paganin, Isabella | 10 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Long, Erica Yen-Chin | 11 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Greenwood, Ellie | 12 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Sukkar, Isabella | 12 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Martin, Sophie | 14 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Arndt, Grace | 15 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 274 | English (Advanced) | Small, Annabel | 15 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 275 | English (Advanced) | Yim, Natalie Elisabeth | 17 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 276 | English (Advanced) | Miu, Ryan Ho Yuen | 18 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 277 | English (Advanced) | Pappas, Marina | 19 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 278 | English (Advanced) | Fan, Xiaoyu | 20 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Dunn, Lisa Jenny | 1 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Lamerton, Gerard | 2 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Zotalis, Felicia | 3 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Blake, Annabel | 4 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Tattam, Isabella | 5 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 284 | English (Standard) | O'Grady, Stefanie | 6 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Effendi, Amanda | 7 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Sandeman, Marnie Grace | 8 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Yuen, Janet Hoi Yee | 9 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Nicholls, Emma Jean | 10 | Lucas Heights Community School | Barden Ridge |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Gaudioso, Joseph | 11 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Viset, Rachael | 11 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Meyer, Montana | 13 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Reddacliff, Courtney Jane | 14 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Naidu, Devek Dewandra | 15 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 294 | English (Standard) | Thomas, Natalie | 16 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 295 | English (Standard) | Williams, Rosheen | 17 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook |
| 296 | English (Standard) | Marchant, Tiffany Jane | 18 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 297 | English (Standard) | Mazabow, Ashley | 19 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 298 | English (Standard) | Daoud, Wadad | 20 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Guo, Si Rui | 1 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Woo, Crystal | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 27 Jan 2021